It's a cold, rainy winter day and thanks to a splash-happy Prius driver, you're soaked through to the marrow. Your company just laid off half of its task force. And look -- new wrinkles. Will this head cold ever go away? You got dumped, you got dumped, you got dumped ...

What to do now? Stuff your face, of course.

While the causes of misery might vary, one thing's for sure -- when life turns sour, most of us go for something sweet. Or savory. Or homemade.

Treats that might be gentle on our stomach, treats that might be bad for our teeth, treats that somehow, through the simple act of tasting them, instantly make us feel better.

To qualify as a true comfort food, a dish must fulfill at least two of three requirements; it has restorative properties, it has sentimental appeal, and it’s insanely delicious.

Here’s our roundup of 10 of the world's best culinary remedies for human suffering. Get your hankies out, folks -- it’s gonna be a rough ride.

Ice cream, United States

Rocky Road, Poppin' Shower, Triple Chunk -- it's all good.Think of any modern romantic comedy to come out of Hollywood; what do citizens of the United States reach for when their boyfriend leaves them for their therapist?

A gun? A simple solution? Try a tub of ice cream.

Delicious and nostalgic, ice cream might just be the ultimate childhood redux, bringing us back to carefree summer days and birthday parties.

Ice cream is also highly fattening, making it just the thing to give your anguish a desperate, self-destructive flavor.

If you visit a household in the United States and find a graveyard of empty ice cream pints, you know something bad has just hit the fan.

Nutella, Italy

Lay it on thick -- Nutella.Chocolate is a popular comfort food due to its all-out tastiness, electrifying sugar content and the healthy dose of feel-good alkaloids found in cocoa solids -- nature's gift to the blues.

Ferrero's hazelnut-infused chocolate spread might just be the most luscious form of chocolate ever.

Of all the Italians polled for this article, 100 percent of women cited Nutella as their go-to comfort food after a fight with their boyfriend or a miserable afternoon dealing with the Italian train system.

Slather it on bread, or -- in especially dire emergencies -- scoop it directly into your mouth with your fingers.

Chilaquiles, Mexico

Another delicious pile of "garbage."Chilaquiles are sometimes referred to as “garbage” food -- a plate created with whatever leftover scraps can be found in your basic Mexican kitchen.

If that’s so, then this heavenly blend of tortilla chips, cheese, shredded chicken, egg and steaming-hot salsa -- roja, verde, mole, whatever's on hand -- might just be the best thing to ever come out of a dumpster.

Chilaquiles are often eaten for breakfast; the fiery-hot sauce just the ticket to sop up the remnants of last night's tequila binge.

Kartoffelpuffern, Germany

Spuds, salmon and bacon -- or kartoffelpuffern to the Germans among us.In the realm of savory comfort food, the humble potato is king, cropping up regularly as an ingredient in feel-better-quick dishes like french fries, mashed potatoes, and poutine.

But it's the Germans who take the potato's feel-good properties to the next level with the decadentkartoffelpuffer: a deep-fried potato pancake topped with applesauce, or -- for ultimate bliss -- lox and crispy bacon.

If deep-fried potato doesn't make you feel better, you're just not human.

Macaroni and cheese, North America

Grab a spoon and dig in, Mac.Mac and cheese is a North American dish traditionally made with short pasta and creamy Cheddar cheese sauce. It’s then baked, usually with a crispy bread-crumb crust.

Packaged brands with processed neon cheese like Velveeta and Kraft hold a special place in many North American’s hearts, but homemade mac ‘n’ cheese is hands down the best.

Just one crunchy, cheesy bite will help remind you that someone out there really does love you -- OK, you big lug?

More on CNN: The world's 50 most delicious foods

Khichdi, South Asia and Britain

Khichdi -- spreading smiles across an empire.From Delhi to Dhaka, Bahawalpur to Birmingham, the simple, earthy hodgepodge of rice, lentils and spices that is khichdi has been putting a smile on subcontinental faces for centuries.

It is strikingly nutritious for a comfort food, but millions of cheered-up devotees can't be wrong.

Khichdi ticks all three boxes on the comfort food scale -- it's tasty, is often served as a soothing “sick day” food and it conjures up strong memories of mom's home cooking.

Curry rice, Japan

A plateful of Japanese happiness.Whether you're talking to mopey sad sacks in India, Thailand or the United Kingdom, when it comes to comfort there's just something about curry. Perhaps its fragrant blend of spices provides bonus aromatherapy.

In Japan, the “curry rice” (as it’s called there) comfort phenomenon has completely pervaded collective consciousness; so much so, it’s commonly cited as the national dish.

It's so popular that curry roux is widely available in brick form so that busy people can simply dissolve it in a pot of water, vegetables and meat and let the magic spices do their thing.

Talk about your loving spoonful.

Koshary, Egypt

Koshary -- more Egyptian than the Sphinx.Carbohydrates figure in many comfort foods, perhaps because the energy they provide gives depression a much-needed kick in the pants.

Koshary -- the food of the Egyptian masses -- is a carbohydrate bomb, loaded with lentils, fried onions, short pasta, vinegar and shatta, a tomato chili sauce.

Koshary is made in the home or sold on the streets by fiercely competitive vendors.

Have you ever tried to eat koshary while crying? It's not easy. But it feels so good.

Sunflower seeds, Russia

Crack, chew, spit, repeat ...Sunflower seeds -- beloved in Russia as a high-energy food since the days of the Tsars -- are such a popular snack that they've become something of a national craze.

They enter this list as a different sort of comfort food; a nerve-calmer as opposed to an anguish-soother.

Sunflower seeds are to Russians what chewing gum or cigarettes are to other cultures -- a hit of relief in trying times.

Crack, chew, spit, let the seed husks collect on your chin. Repeat. Crack, chew, spit. Giant sigh. Ahhhh ...

Cheesecake, North America

A slice of NYC goodness to cheer us all up.Cheesecake isn’t by any means an exclusively North American treat -- historians say it originated in Ancient Greece, and other versions do exist throughout the world.

But bummed-out Canadians and Americans routinely turn to New-York-style cheesecake for a sweet, creamy, graham-crackery hit of comfort.

And don't worry -- the fruit topping makes it healthy. Would we lie to you?

That's our pick of the best feel-good eats from around the world, but there are plenty more to go around. Drop your tips in the comments below

and we'll all feel a little better together.

由伊娃·桑多瓦爾 2012年8月14日

嗯 - 嘗試和測試的提神起坐的人間美味。

這是一個陰雨綿綿的冬天一天，由於採用了防濺幸福的普銳斯的驅動程序，你通過浸透到骨髓。您的公司剛剛裁掉一半的專案組。並期待 - 新的皺紋。將這種感冒不斷消失？你被拋棄，你被拋棄，你被拋棄......

什麼現在怎麼辦？東西你的臉，當然。

而苦難的原因可能各不相同，有一件事是肯定的 - 當生活變酸，我們大多數人去甜的東西。或鹹味。或自製。

黃柏，可能是溫和的對我們的腸胃，治療，可能會害了我們的牙齒，治療，不知怎的，通過品嚐他們的簡單動作，瞬間讓我們感覺更好。

要成為真正的安慰食物，一盤菜必須滿足至少兩三個要求; 它有恢復性的屬性，它有情調，它是出奇的好吃。

下面是我們的10世界上最​​好的烹飪補救人類苦難綜述。讓你的手帕了，鄉親們 - 這會是坎坷不平。

冰淇淋，美國

石板街，流行的淋浴，三重塊-這一切都很好。想想任何一個現代愛情喜劇出來好萊塢; 什麼美國公民到達時，他們的男朋友離開他們的治療師？

槍嗎？一個簡單的解決方案？嘗試的浴缸冰淇淋。

好吃又懷舊，冰淇淋可能只是最終的童年終極版，把我們帶回到無憂無慮的夏天和生日派對。

冰淇淋也非常育肥，使其剛才的事情給你的痛苦絕望，自我毀滅的味道。

如果你訪問一個家庭在美國和找到的空冰淇淋品脫墓地，你就知道情況不妙剛剛創下的風扇。

 

花生醬，意大利

悠悠地在厚-花生醬巧克力是一種流行的休閒食品，由於其全面的鮮味，通電含糖量和自我感覺良好的生物鹼的健康劑量的可可固體發現-大自然的恩賜給飲牛奶。

費雷羅的榛子被灌輸的巧克力醬可能只是巧克力的最甜美的形式永遠。

所有受訪本文的意大利人，100％的女性提到花生醬作為他們的走向與自己的男友或一個悲慘的下午對付意大利的火車系統吵架後安慰的食物。

它大量使用在麵包上，或者 - 在特別緊急情況下可怕 - 直接舀到你的嘴用你的手指。

 

Chilaquiles，墨西哥

“垃圾”另一個美味一堆Chilaquiles有時也被稱為“垃圾”食品-與任何剩餘的廢料可以在你的基礎墨西哥的廚房中找到創建一盤。

如果是這樣，那麼這個天堂般的融合了玉米片，奶酪，碎雞肉，雞蛋和蒸熱莎莎 - 羅亞，佛得角，黑痣，無論是在手 - 可能只是有史以來出來一個垃圾箱的最好的事情。

Chilaquiles經常吃早餐; 火熱熱醬汁只是門票吸乾昨晚的龍舌蘭酒狂歡的殘餘。

 

Kartoffelpuffern，德國

土豆，鮭魚和熏肉-或kartoffelpuffern到我們之間的德國人在鹹味休閒食品領域，不起眼的土豆為王，經常突然出現在像薯條，土豆泥自我感覺好快菜的成分，和POUTINE。

但是，是誰把馬鈴薯的自我感覺良好的性能更上一層樓的頹廢德國kartoffelpuffer：炸土豆煎餅淋上蘋果醬，或-極樂- LOX和香脆培根。

如果炸土豆不會讓你感覺更好，你只是不人性化。

 

通心粉和奶酪，北美

拿一把湯匙和挖掘，蘋果，蘋果和奶酪是北美菜短通心粉和奶油切達奶酪醬傳統上。這是再烤，通常有一個脆皮麵包屑皮。

品牌包裝與加工霓虹燈乾酪樣Velveeta和卡夫持有許多北美的心中特殊的地位，但自製的mac'N'奶酪是手下來最好。

只是一個脆脆的，俗氣的咬將幫助提醒你，有人在那裡真的愛你 - 好，你大耳？

更多關於CNN：世界上50個最美味的食物

 

Khichdi，南亞和英國

Khichdi -整個帝國蔓延的笑容從德里飛往達卡，巴哈瓦爾布爾飛往伯明翰，大米，扁豆和香料的簡單，樸實的大雜燴就是khichdi已經把一個微笑的面孔次大陸幾個世紀。

這是驚人的營養豐富的舒適性食物，但數以百萬計歡呼了信徒不能錯。

Khichdi蜱所有三個箱子上的舒適性糧食規模 - 它是美味的，往往是擔任了舒緩的“病假”的食品，它讓人想起了媽媽的家常菜強烈的回憶。

 

咖哩飯，日本

日本的幸福滿滿一盤。無論你說在印度，泰國或英國，mopey傷心麻袋，當談到安慰還有的只是一些關於咖哩。也許它的芬芳混合香料提供獎金芳香療法。

在日本，“ 咖哩飯 “（因為它被稱為有）舒適的現象已經完全瀰漫的集體意識; 以至於，它的普遍提及的國菜。

它是如此受歡迎，咖哩醬是廣泛使用在磚的形式，讓忙碌的人們可以簡單地溶解在水，蔬菜和肉鍋，讓神奇的香料做他們的事。

談談你的愛一勺。

 

Koshary，埃及

Koshary -比獅身人面像埃及多醣類數字在許多舒適的食物，也許是因為他們所提供的能量給人壓抑的褲子急需踢。

Koshary -埃及群眾的食品-是碳水化合物炸彈，滿載扁豆，炒洋蔥，短麵食，醋和shatta，番茄辣椒醬。

Koshary是在家裡或通過激烈的競爭廠商在街上出售。

你有沒有試過吃koshary一邊哭？這並不容易。但感覺這麼好。

 

向日葵種子，俄羅斯

裂縫，咀嚼，吐出，重複...向日葵種子 -心愛的在俄羅斯自沙皇時代的一位高能量的食物-是，他們已經成為一種全國性的熱潮如此受歡迎的小吃。

他們進入這個列表作為不同類型的舒適性食物; 一個神經平靜，而不是一個痛苦，安撫奶嘴。

向日葵種子俄羅斯人什麼口香糖，香煙是其他文化 - 浮雕在艱難的時刻一擊。

裂縫，咀嚼，吐出，讓秕籽收集你的下巴。重複。裂縫，咀嚼，吐出。巨大的嘆息。哈啊...

 

芝士蛋糕，北美

。紐約善良一片歡呼我們所有了芝士蛋糕是不以任何方式一個專門的北美請客-歷史學家說，它起源於古希臘，和其他版本並在世界各地存在。

但攝影課出加拿大人和美國人經常轉向新紐約風格的芝士蛋糕的甜，奶油，格雷厄姆 - crackery舒適命中。

別擔心 - 水果餡料使得它的健康。我們會騙你？

這是我們挑選來自世界各地最好的自我感覺良好的吃的，但也有很多更多的去解決。放下你的提示在下面的意見，我們將所有的感覺好一點在一起。